Adjustable support for clothes wringers



Nov; 20,1923.

W. s. IRELAND ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR CLOTHES WRINGEHS Filed Oct. 16,

Patented Nov. 2%, I923.

ravens "WARD S. IRELAND, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, 'ASSIGNTOR, BY MESNE ASSIGIIMENTS, TO THE DAVIS EEWING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATIOIQ' OF DELAWARE.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS Application filed October 16, 1919. Serial No. 331,203.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I l/ ARD SroNn IRELAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,

5 manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Supports for Clothes Wringers. of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a clothes wringer mounting adapted for use in supporting and controlling the movements of clothes wring- 16 ers used in conjunction with washing ma chines having oscillatory or rocking tubs.

Washing machines of the kind mentioned quite commonly include a power mechanism for oscillating the tub and a wringer which so is driven from the same source of power as that used for operating the tub, and which is so mounted as to permit of its being turned in a circle to be used in wringing clothes while in various positions.

The mountings for the wringers, as heretofore made so far as I am aware, have been such that the wringer may be moved into a position over the tub of the washing machine, and, if moved into such position so while the tub is in operation serious damage to the tub is likely to occur due to impact of the tub against the wringer. My present invention has for its object to provide a wringer mounting which will permit of the wringer being swung into any required position for use but which effectual- 1y prevents movement of the wringer to a position permitting of its being struck by the washing machine tub during movement of the latter.

Fig. I is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of a washing machine and a wringer supported by my improved mounting.

Fig. II is an enlarged top plan of one corner of the washing machine, the wringer and its mounting, the latter being shown partly in' horizontal section and partly broken away. V

Fig. III is an enlarged vertical section through the locking members of the wringer mounting.

In the accompanying drawings A designates the case of a washing machine in which is mounted an oscillatory tub B Kid adapted to be operated by power mechanism of any suitable description. C is a clothes wringer preferably operated by the same power mechanism as that which serves to operate the tub B, the wringer operatin means including a vertical shaft D gears in any suitable manner to the wringer rolls. the gearing (not shown) being encased within a housing E. The housing E issupported by a sleeve 1 through which the shaft D extends and said sleeve carries a horizontal turn plate 2 to which the wringer C is secured as seen most clearly in Fig. I.

An outer sleeve 3 surrounding the sleeve 1 is secured to the case A of the washing machine, and said sleeve 1, being loosely fitted in the outer sleeve 3,may readily turn therein, thereby making it possible to swing the wringer C in an arc of a circle so that it will be variously positioned relative to the washing machine case and tub. The outer sleeve 3 is provided at its upper end with a table 4 on which the turn-plate 2 constantly rests. This table is provided with notches 5 adapted to receive a locking member 6 of the form shown in Figs. II and III, or of any other suitable form.

The wringer may be turned in an arc of a circle and locked in various positions by the engagement of the locking device 6 with the table 4: but, according to my present improvement, such wringer may not be moved in a circular path to a sufficient degree to permit of the wringer being disposed over the tub B.

Movement of the wringer to a degree sufficient to dispose it over the tub is prevented by providing the table 4: with a stop extension 7 having shoulders 8 and 9 at its ends which are adapted to be engaged by a stop extension 10 carried by the turn-plate 2 and opposing the edge of the table 4. The stop extension 10 is spaced from the axis of the turn-plate 2 a distance only sufficient to permit of said extension traveling around the periphery of the table 4, in proximity of the edge of said table aside from the location of the stop extension 7, and consequently the wringer C may be moved in the arc of a circle between the shoulder 8 at one end of the depending abutment 7 and the shoulder 9 at the other end of said stop extension 7. Therefore, by properly locating the stop extension 7 the wringer may be turned to any degree necessary but cannot be turned to a degree that will cause it to over'lie the oscillating tub B and be struck by said tub during operation thereof.

I claim:

1. In combination with a support, a swinging Wringer support formed with 'a turn-plate and an abutment depending from said Wringer support to a point below the plane of said turn-plate and adjacent the periphery thereof, of a stationary table secured to said first named support on which 7 said turn-plate is pivotally supported, said turn-plate and an abutment depending fromsaid wringer support to a point be low the plane of said turn-plate and adjacent the periphery thereof, a vertically swinging latch pivoted to an edge of said turn-plate, of a stationary table secured to saidfirst namedsupport on Which said turnplate is pivotally supported, said stationary table having an arcuate extension providing oppositely disposed stops intersecting the path of said abutment to limit the extent of swinging movement of said Wringer support and having notches adapted to be engaged by said vertically swinging latch to lock said wringer support in positions in ,termediate said oppositely disposed stops. 

